People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.

I think it is terribly important to have opinions, and to think. We live in a world of action without thought.

If we didn't have the Chinese buying things, we'd be on the floor.

Fashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It's always sexy, and it's always with the same result: making women look fantastic.

A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status.

When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.